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  2. McDonald Observatory - Wikipedia

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    McDonald Observatory is an astronomical observatory located near unincorporated community of Fort Davis in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States.The facility is located on Mount Locke in the Davis Mountains of West Texas, with additional facilities on Mount Fowlkes, approximately 1.3 kilometers (0.81 mi) to the northeast. [1]

  3. Davis Mountains - Wikipedia

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    The McDonald Observatory is situated at an elevation of 2,070 m (6,790 ft) The most common vegetation of the Davis Mountains is montane grassland, often mixed with scattered bushes and trees. As is common in most Northern Hemisphere semiarid climates, the vegetation on the southern slopes of the mountains is noticeably sparser than on the ...

  4. Fort Davis, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Fort Davis is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,201 at the 2010 census, [ 3 ] up from 1,050 at the 2000 census.

  5. McDonald Observatory relocates to Austin — at 7% the size - AOL

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    UNITED STATES – AUGUST 29: McDonald Observatory, operated by the University of Texas at Austin, and located in Fort Davis, Texas (Photo by Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty Images)

  6. McDonald Observatory holds Dark Skies Festival

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    Apr. 18—FORT DAVIS — The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory will hold its first Dark Skies Festival April 29 and April 30, a press release detailed. The festival will include ...

  7. Otto Struve Telescope - Wikipedia

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    [note 1] It was named after the Ukrainian-American astronomer of Baltic German origin Otto Struve in 1966, three years after his death; Struve had been the director of McDonald Observatory from 1932–1950. The Davis Mountains is an excellent location for astronomical research because of the clear dry air and moderately high elevation.

  8. Texas State Highway 166 - Wikipedia

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    SH 166 facilitated construction of Davis Mountains State Park and the University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory during the 1930s. SH 166 is located entirely within Jeff Davis County and forms part of the route linking Fort Davis, the county seat, to Valentine, the county's only incorporated town. The highway link to Valentine is the ...

  9. Harlan J. Smith Telescope - Wikipedia

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    Dome at dusk The 2.7-meter Harlan J. Smith Telescope of the McDonald Observatory (US) is used to point a laser beam to a reflector stationed on the surface of the Moon.. The Harlan J. Smith Telescope is a 107-inch (2.7 m) telescope located at the McDonald Observatory, in Texas, in the United States.